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filming  contract  specifications. 


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plus  grand  soin,  compte  tenu  de  la  condition  et 
de  la  nettetA  de  I'exempiaire  film*,  et  en 
conformity  evec  les  conditions  du  contrat  de 
fllmage. 


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shell  contain  the  symbol  — »>  (meaning  "CON- 
TINUED"), or  the  symbol  ▼  (meaning  "END"), 
whichever  applies. 


Les  exempleires  origineux  dont  la  couverture  en 
papier  est  imprim6e  sont  fiimte  en  commen^ent 
par  le  premier  plat  et  en  terminent  soit  par  la 
derniAre  oege  qui  comporte  une  empreinte 
d'impression  ou  d'illustration,  soit  par  le  second 
plat,  selor.  le  ces.  Tous  les  eutres  exempleires 
origineux  sont  fiimte  en  commenpent  par  la 
premiere  page  qui  comporte  une  empreinte 
d  impression  ou  d'illustration  et  en  terminent  par 
la  dorr' Ve  page  qui  comporte  une  telle 
empreinte. 

Un  des  symboles  suivsnts  epparaftra  sur  is 
dernlAre  imege  de  cheque  microfiche,  seion  le 
ces:  le  symbols  — »» signifie  "A  SUIVRE",  le 
symbols  ▼  signifie  "FIN". 


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right  end  top  to  bottom,  as  many  frames  ss 
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reproduit  en  un  seui  ciichA,  11  est  film*  A  pertir 
de  Tengie  supArieur  geuche,  de  geuche  A  droite, 
et  de  heut  en  bes,  en  prenent  ie  nombre 
d'imeges  nAcesseire.  Les  diegremmes  suivents 
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THE 


DAY   BREAKING 


IF  NOT  THE 


^ttii  Htfiuo  of  t\)c  (Bofpci 


WITH  THE 


INDIANS  IN  NEW  ENGLAND. 


NEW    YORK: 
REPRINTED  FOR  JOSEPH  SABIN, 
1865. 


No,    /// 


Edition  250  Copies, 

OF  WHICH  50  ARE  ON  LARGE  PAPER. 


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MuNSELL,  Printer. 


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£3feMrfleftmUMm«r«»ft^^ 


THE 


DAY-BREAKING 


IF  NOT 


The  Sun-Rifing 


OF  THE 


GOSPELL 


With  the 


INDIANS  in  N^w-England. 


Zach.  4.  10. 
Wbo  hath  iejpifed  the  day  offmall  things  f 

Matth.  13.   13. 
The  Kingdome  of  heaven  is  like  to  a  graine  ofmujlard  seed. 

Ibid,  verfe  33. 
The  Kingdome  of  heaven  is  like  unto  Leven. 


LONDON 

Printed  by  Rich.  Cotes,  for  Fulk  Clifton  and  are  to  bee 

fold  at  his  Ihop  under  Saint  Margaretts  Church  on 

New-fifti-ftreet  Hill,  1647. 


/JaffiH^SVMAi4^rM^fH^?l^r^^ 


To  the  Reader. 


Ee  that  perid  thefe  following  Relations 
is  a  Minijier  of  Chriji  in  New  Eng- 
land, yo  eminently  godly  and  faithfully 
that  what  he  here  reports,  as  an  eye  or 
an  eare  witnejfe,  is  not  to  be  quejlioned; 
Were  he  willing  his  name  Jhould  be  mentioned,  it 
would  bee  an  abundant,  if  not  a  redundant,  Tejiimo- 
niall  to  all  that  know  him, 

Nathan,  Warde. 


*f*M««ffl!^Hkf«i|e«^^ 


TRVE   RELATION 

OF 

Our  beginnings  with  the  INDIANS. 

Pon  OiSlober  28.  1646.  four  of  us 
(having  fought  God)  went  unto 
the  Indians  inhabiting  within  our 
bounds,  with  defire  to  make  known 
the  things  of  their  peace  to  them, 
A  little  before  we  came  to  their 
Wigwams,  five  or  fix  of  the  chief 
of  them  met  us  with  Englifh  falu- 
tations,  bidding  us  much  welcome,  who  leading  us 
unto  the  principall  Wigwam  of  '^'Waaubon^  we  found  *The  name  of  | 
many  more  Indians^  men  women,  children,  gathered  an  Indian, 
together  from  all  quarters  round  about,  according  to  ap- 
pointment, to  meet  with  us,  and  learne  of  us.  Waaubon 
the  chief  minifl:er  of  Jufl:ice  among  them  exhorting  and 
inviting  them  before  thereunto,  bei^g  one  who  gives 
more  grounded  hopes  of  ferious  refj.  ^*-.  to  the  things  of 
God,then  any  that  as  yet  I  have  knowi.e  of  that  forlorne 
generation  ;  and  therefore  fince  wee  firfl:  began  to  deale 
ferioufly  with  him,  hath  voluntarily  oflFered  his  eldeft 
fon  to  be  educated  and  trained  up  in  the  knowledge  of 
God,  hoping,  as  hee  told  us,  that  he  might  come  to 
know  him,  although  hee  defpaired  much  concerning 
himfelf ;  and  accordingly  his  fon  was  accepted,  and  is 
now  at  fchool  in  Dedhaniy  whom  we  found  at  this  time 

ftanding 


(       2       ) 

(landing  by  his  father  among  the  reft  of  his  Indian 
brethren  in  Englifh  clothes. 

They  being  all  there  affembled,  we  began  with 
prayer,  which  now  was  in  Englifh,  being  not  fo  farre 
acquainted  with  the  Indian  language  as  to  exprefle  our 
hearts  herein  before  God  or  them,  but  wee  hope  it 
will  bee  done  ere  long,  the  Indians  defiring  it  that  they 
alfo  might  know  how  to  pray,  but  thus  wee  began  in 
an  unknowne  tongue  to  them,  partly  to  let  them  know 
that  this  dutie  in  hand  was  ferious  and  facred,  (for  fo 
much  fome  of  them  underftand  by  what  is  undertaken 
at  prayer)  partly  alfo  in  regard  of  our  felves,  that  wee 
might  agree  together  in  the  fame  requeft  and  heart 
forrowes  for  them  even  in  that  place  where  God  was 
never  wont  to  be  called  upon. 

When  prayer  was  ended  it  was  a  glorious  affeding 
fpedacle  to  fee  a  company  of  perifhing,  forlorne  out- 
cafts,  dilligently  attending  to  the  bleffed  word  of  falva- 
tion  then  delivered ;  profeffing  they  underftood  all 
that  which  was  then  taught  them  in  their  owne  tongue ; 
it  much  afFeded  us  that  they.fhould  fmell  fome  things 
of  the  Alabafter  box  broken  up  in  that  darke  and 
gloomy  habitation  of  filthinefle  and  uncleane  fpirits. 
For  about  an  houre  and  a  quarter  the  Sermon  con- 
tinued, wherein  one  of  our  company  ran  thorough  all 
the  principall  matter  of  religion,  beginning  firft  with  a 
reptition  of  the  ten  Commandements,  and  a  briefe  ex- 
plication of  them,  then  fhewing  the  curfe  and  dreadfull 
wrath  of  God  againft  all  thofe  who  brake  them,  or  any 
one  of  them,  or  the  leaft  title  of  them,  and  fo  applyed 
it  unto  the  condition  of  the  Indians  prefent,  with  much 
fweet  affedion  ;  and  then  preached  Jefus  Chrift  to 
them  the  onely  meanes  of  recovery  from  finne  and 
wrath  and  eternall  death,  and  what  Chrift  was,  and 
whither  he  was   now  gone,   and   how  hee  will  one  day 

come 


(     3     ) 

come  againe  to  judge  the  world  in  flaming  fire;  and 
of  the  blefled  eftate  of  all  thofe  that  by  faith  beleeve  in 
Chrift,  and  know  him  feelingly  :  he  fpake  to  them 
alfo  (obferving  his  owne  method  as  he  faw  mofl:  fit  to 
edifie  them)  about  the  creation  and  fall  of  man,  about 
the  greatnefl!e  and  infinite  being  of  God,  the  maker  of 
all  things,  about  the  joyes  of  heaven,  and  the  terrours 
and  horrours  of  wicked  men  in  hell,  perfwading  them 
to  repentance  for  feverall  fins  which  they  live  in,  and 
many  things  of  the  like  nature;  not  meddling  with 
any  matters  more  difficult,  and  which  to  fuch  weake 
ones  might  at  firfl:  feeme  ridiculous,  untill  they  had 
tafl:ed  and  beleeved  more  plaine  and  familiar  truths. 

Having  thus  in  a  fet  fpeech  familiarly  opened  the 
principal  matters  of  Salvation  to  them,  the  next  thing 
wee  intended  was  difcourfe  with  them  by  propounding 
certaine  queftions  to  fee  what  they  would  fay  to  them, 
that  fo  wee  might  fkrue  by  variety  of  meanes  fome- 
thing  or  other  of  God  into  them ;  but  before  wee  did 
this  we  afked  them  if  they  underftood  all  that  was 
already  fpoken,  and  whether  all  of  them  in  the  fFig- 
warn  did  underftand  or  onely  fome  few  ?  and  they  an- 
fwered  to  this  queftion  with  multitude  of  voyces, 
that  they  all  of  them  did  underftand  all  that  which 
was  then  fpoken  to  them.  We  then  defired  to  know 
of  them,  if  they  would  propound  any  queftion  to  us 
for  more  cleare  underftanding  of  what  was  delivered  ; 
whereupon  feverall  of  them  propounded  prefently  feve- 
rall queftions,  (far  diflferent  from  what  fome  other  In- 
dians under  Kitchomakia  in  the  like  meeting  about  fix  The  name  of 
weeks  before  had  done,  viz.  i.  What  was  the  caufe  of  the  chicfe  In- 
Thunder.  2.  Of  the  Ebbing  and  Flowing  of  the  Sea.  dians  about  us. 
3.  Of  the  wind)  but  the  queftions  (which  wee  thinke 
fome  fpeciall  wifedome  of  God  directed  thefe  unto) 
(which  thefe  propounded)  were  in  number  fix. 

B  How 


(  +  ) 

I  ^eft.  How  may  wee  come  to  know  Jefus  Chrift  ? 

Anfw.  0"f  fifft  anfwer  was.  That  if  they  were  to  read  our 

Bible,  the  book  of  God,  therein  they  fhould  fee  moft 
cleerely  what  Jefus  Chrift  was  ;  but  becaufe  they  could 
not  do  that ;  therefore.  Secondly,  we  wiftit  them  to 
thinke,  and  meditate  of  fo  much  as  had  been  taught 
them,  and  which  they  now  heard  out  of  Gods  booke, 
and  to  thinke  much  and  often  upon  it,  both  when 
they  did  lie  downe  on  their  Mats  in  their  Wigwams^ 
and  when  they  rofe  up,  and  to  goe  alone  in  the  fields 
and  woods,  and  mufe  on  it,  and  fo  God  would  teach 
them  ;  efpecially  if  they  ufed  a  third  helpe,  which 
was, 
3  Prayer  to   God   to    teach  them  and  reveale  Jefus 

Chrift  unto  them ;  and  wee  told  them,  that  although 
they  could  not  make  any  long  prayers  as  the  Englifti 
could,  yet  if  they  did  but  figh  and  groane,  and  fay 
thus ;  Lord  make  mee  know  Jefus  Chrift,  for  I  know 
him  not,  and  if  they  did  fay  fo  againe  and  againe  with 
their  hearts  that  God  would  teach  them  Jefus  Chrift, 
becaufe  hee  is  fuch  a  God  as  will  bee  found  of  them 
that  feeke  him  with  all  their  hearts,  and  hee  is  a  God 
hearing  the  prayers  of  all  men  both  Indian  as  well  as 
Englifh,  and  that  Englijh  men  by  this  meanes  have 
come  to  the  knowledge  of  Jefus  Chrift. 

The  laft  helpe  wee  gave  them  was  repentance,  they 
muft  confefle  their  finnes  and  ignorance  unto  God, 
and  mourne  for  it,  and  acknowledge  how  juft  it  is, 
for  God  to  deny  them  the  knowledge  of  Jems  Chrift 
or  any  thing  elfe  becaufe  of  their  iinnes. 

Thefe  things  were  fpoken  by  him  who  had  preached 
to  them  in  their  owne  language,  borrowing  now  and 
then  fome  fmall  helpe  from  the  Interpreter  whom  wee 
brought  with  us,  and  who  could  oftentimes  exprefle 
our  minds  more  diftindly  than  any  of  us  could  ;  but 
this  wee  perceived,  that  a  few  words  from  the  Preacher 

were 


(     5     ) 


if 


were  more  regarded  then  many  from  the  Indian  Inter- 
preter. 

One  of  them  after  this  anfwer,  reply ed  to  us  that  2  ^efl. 
hee  was  a  little  while  fince  praying  in  his  Wigwaniy 
unto  God  and  Jefus  Chrift,  that  God  would  give  him 
a  good  heart,  and  that  while  hee  was  praying,  one  of 
his  fellow  Indians  interrupted  him,  and  told  him,  that 
hee  prayed  in  vaine,  becaufe  Jefus  Chrift  underftood 
not  what  Indians  fpeake  in  prayer,  he  had  bin  ufed  to 
heare  Englifli  man  pray  and  fo  could  well  enough  under- 
ftand  them,  but  Indian  language  in  prayer  hee  thought 
hee  was  not  acquainted  with  it,  but  was  a  ftranger  to  it, 
and  therefore  could  not  underftand  them.  His  quef- 
tion  therefore  was,  whether  Jefus  Chrift  did  under- 
ftand, or  God  did  underftand  Indian  prayers. 

This  queftion  founding  juft  like  themfelves  wee  Avfw. 
ftudied  to  give  as  familiar  an  anfwer  as  wee  could, 
and  therefore  in  this  as  in  all  other  our  anfwers,  we 
endeavoured  to  fpeake  nothing  without  clearing  of  it 
up  by  fome  familiar  fimilitude  ;  our  anfwer  fummarily 
was  therefore  this,  that  Jefus  Chrift  and  God  by  him 
made  all  things,  and  makes  all  men,  not  onely  Englijh 
but  Indian  men,  and  if  hee  made  them  both  (which  wee 
know  the  light  of  nature  would  readily  teach  as  they 
had  been  alfo  inftruded  by  us)  then  hee  knew  all  that 
was  within  man  and  came  from  man,  all  his  defires, 
and  all  his  thoughts,  and  all  his  fpeeches,  and  fo  all 
his  prayers ;  and  if  hee  made  Indian  men,  then  hee 
knowes  all  Indian  prayers  alfo  :  and  therefore  wee  bid 
them  looke  upon  that  Indian  Bafket  that  was  before 
them,  there  was  black  and  white  ftrawes,  and  many 
other  things  they  made  it  of,  now  though  others  did 
not  know  what  thofe  things  were  who  made  not  the 
Bafket,  yet  hee  that  made  it  muft  needs  tell  all  the 
things  in  it,  fo  (wee  faid)  it  was  here. 

Another 


3  Q.«^ft' 


AJnw, 


4  6«C/?- 


Anfw. 


5   Q«^A 


(     6     ) 

Another  propounded  this  queftion  after  this  anfwer. 
Whether  Englifli  men  were  ever  at  any  time  fo  ignorant 
of  God  and  Jefus  Chrift  as  thcmfelves  ? 

When  wee  perceived  the  root  and  reach  of  this 
queftion,  wee  gave  them  this  anfwer,  that  there  are 
two  forts  of  Englifli  men,  fome  are  bad  and  naught, 
and  live  wickedly  and  loofely,  (defcribing  them)  and 
thefe  kind  of  Engliflimen  wee  told  them  were  in  a 
manner  as  ignorant  of  Jefus  Chrift  as  the  Indians  now 
are  ;  but  there  are  a  fecond  fort  of  Englifli  men,  who 
though  for  a  time  they  lived  wickedly  alfo  like  other 
prophan-i  and  ignorant  Englifli,  yet  repenting  of  their 
finnes,  and  feeking  after  God  and  Jefus  Chrift,  they 
are  good  men  now,  and  now  know  Chrift,  and  love 
Chrift,  and  pray  to  Chrift,  and  are  thankfull  for  all  they 
have  to  Chrift,  and  fliall  at  laft  when  they  dye,  goe  up  to 
heaven  to  Chrift;  and  we  told  them  all  thefe  alfo  were 
once  as  ignorant  of  God  and  Jefus  Chrift  as  the  Indians 
are,  but  by  feeking  to  know  him  by  reading  his  booke, 
and  hearing  his  word,  and  praying  to  him,  &c.  they 
now  know  Jefus  Chrift  and  juft  fo  ftiall  the  Indians 
know  him  if  they  fo  feeke  him  alfo,  although  at  the 
prefent  they  bee  extremely  ignorant  of  him. 

How  can  there  be  an  Image  of  God,  becaufe  it's 
forbidden  in  the  fecond  Commandement  ? 
.  Wee  told  them  that  Image  was  all  one  Pifture,  as 
the  Pidlure  of  an  Indian^  Bow  and  Arrowes  on  a  tret , 
with  fuch  little  eyes  and  fuch  faire  hands,  is  not  an 
Indian  but  the  Pidure  or  Image  of  an  Indian^  and  that 
Pidure  man  makes,  and  it  can  doe  no  hurt  nor  good. 
So  the  Image  of  Pidure  of  God  is  not  God,  but 
wicked  men  make  it,  and  this  Image  can  doe  no  good 
nor  hurt  to  any  man  as  God  can. 

Wether,  if  the  father  be  naught,  and  the  child  good, 
will  God  bee  offended  with  that  child,  becaufe  in  the 

fecond 


(     7     ) 

fecond   Commandement  it's  faid,   that  hee  vifits  the 
finnes  of  fathers  upon  the  children  ? 

Wee  told  them  the  plaineft  anfwerwee  could  thinkt  ^ft/w. 
of,  viZy  that  if  the  child  bee  good,  and  the  father  bad, 
God  will  not  bee  offended  with  the  child,  if  hee  re- 
pents of  his  owne  and  his  fathers  finnes,  and  followes 
not  the  fteps  of  his  wicked  father  ;  but  if  the  child  bee 
alfo  bad,  then  God  will  vifit  the  fins  of  fathers  upon 
them,  and  therefore  wiflit  them  to  confider  of  the 
other  part  of  the  promife  made  to  thoufands  of  them 
that  love  God  and  the  Evangenefli  Jehovahy  i.  e.  the 
Commandements  of  Jehovah. 

How  all  the  world  is  become  fo   full  of  people,  if 6  Qu.jL 
they  were  all  once  drowned  in  the  Flood  ? 

Wee  told   them  the  ftory  and  caufes  of  Noahs  pre-  ^nfw. 
fervation  in  the  Arke  at  large,  and  fo  their  queftion- 
ing  ended ;    and  therefore  wee  then  faw  cur  time  of 
propounding  fome  few  queftions  to  them^  and  fo  take 
occafion  thereby  to  open  matters  of  God  more  fully. 

Our  firfl:  queftion  was.  Whether  they  did  not  defire  Quejl.  i 
to  fee  God,  and  were  not  tempted  to  thinke  that  there 
was  no  God,  becaufe  they  cannot  fee  him  ? 

Some  of  them  replyed  thus ;  that  indeed  tb'^y  did  An/w. 
defire  to  fee  him  if  it  could   bee,   but  they  had  heard 
from  us  that  he  could  not  be  feene,  and  they  did  be- 
leive  that  though  their  eies  could  not  fee  him,  yet  that 
hee  was  to  bee  feene  with  their  foule  within  :      Here- 
upon we  fought  to  confirme  them  the  more,  and  aiked 
them  if  they  faw  a  great   tVigwamy   or  a  great   houfe, 
would  they  think  that  '^Racoones  or  Foxes  built  it  that  *a  begft  fome- 
had  no  wifedome  ?  or  would  they  thinke  that  it  made  what  like  a  Fox 
it  felfe  ?  or  that   no   wife  workman   made  it,   becaufe 
they  could  not  fee   him  that   made  it  ?     No  but  they 
would  beleeve   fome  wife  workman  made  it   though 
they  did   not  fee  him  ;  fo  fiiould  they  beleeve  con- 
cerning 


■ 


Queji.  2. 


♦Three  Indian 
name  of  places 
where  the  Eng- 
lilh  fit  downe. 


That  Hee  was 
prefent  every 
where. 


3  QiifA 


An/w, 


{     8     ) 

cerning  God,  when  they  looked  up  to  heaven,  Sunne, 
Moone,  and  Stars,  and  faw  this  great  houfe  he  hath 
made,  though  they  do  not  fee  him  with  their  eyes,  yet 
they  have  good  caufe  to  beleeve  with  their  foules  that 
a  wife  God,  a  great  God  made  it. 

We  knowing  that  a  great  block  in  their  way  to  be- 
leiving  is  that  there  Ihould  bee  but  one  God,  (by  the 
profeffion  of  the  Engliih)  and  yet  this  God  in  many 
places ;  therefore  we  afked  them  whether  it  did  not 
feeme  ftrange  that  there  ihould  bee  but  one  God,  and 
yet  this  God  in  ^MaJfachufettSy  at  Cone£facuty  at  ^imi- 
peiocky  in  old  England,  in  this  Wigwam^  in  the  next 
every  where. 

Their  anfwer  was  by  one  moft  fober  among  them, 
that  indeed  it  was  ftrange,  as  everything  elfe  they  heard 
preached  was  ftrange  alfo,  and  they  were  wonderfull 
things  which  they  never  heard  of  before ;  but  yet  they 
thought  it  might  bee  true,  and  that  God  was  fo  big 
every  where :  whereupon  we  further  illuftrated  what 
wee  faid,  by  wifhing  them  to  conftder  of  the  light  of 
the  Sun,  which  though  it  be  but  a  creature  made  by 
God,  yet  the  fame  light  which  is  in  this  Wigwam  was 
in  the  next  alfo,  and  the  fame  light  which  was  here  at 
Majfachufetts  was  at  ^inipeiock  alfo  and  in  old  Eng- 
land alfo,  and  every  where  at  one  and  the  fame  time 
the  fame,  much  more  was  it  fo  concerning  God. 

Whether  they  did  not  finde  fomewhat  troubling 
them  within  after  the  commiflion  of  fin,  as  murther, 
adultery,  theft,  lying,  &c.  and  what  they  thinke  would 
comfort  them  againft  that  trouble  when  they  die  and 
appeare  before  God,  (for  fome  knowledge  of  the  im- 
mortality of  the  foule  almoft  all  of  them  have.) 

They  told  us  they  were  troubled,  but  they  could 
not  tell  what  to  fay  to  it,  what  ihould  comfort  them ; 
hee  therefore  who  fpake  to  then!  at  iirft  concluded  with 

a 


(     9     ) 

a  dolefull  defcription  (fo  farre  as  his  ability  to  fpeake 
in  that  tongue  would  carry  him)  of  the  trembling  and 
mourning  condition  of  every  foul  that  dies  in  finne, 
and  that  fhall  be  caft  out  of  favor  with  God. 

Thus  after  three  houres  time  thus  fpent  with  them, 
wee  afked  them  if  they  were  not  weary,  and  they  an- 
fwered.  No.  But  wee  refolved  to  leave  them  with  an 
appetite ;  the  chiefe  of  them  feeing  us  conclude  with 
prayer,  defired  to  know  when  wee  would  come  againe, 
fo  wee  appointed  the  time,  and  having  given  the  chil- 
dren fome  apples,  and  the  men  fome  tobacco  and  what 
elfe  we  then  had  at  hand,  they  defired  fome  more 
ground  to  build  a  Town  together,  which  wee  did  much 
like  of,  promifing  to  fpeake  for  them  to  the  generall 
Court,  that  they  might  poflefle  all  the  compafle  of  that 
hill,  upon  which  their  Wigwams  then  ftood,  and  fo  wee 
departed  with  many  welcomes  from  them. 


A  true  relation  of  our  coming  to  the  Indians  ajecond  time, 

VPon  November  ii.  1646.  we  came  the  fecond  time 
unto  the  fame  Wigwam  of  Waawbon,  we  found 
many  more  Indians  met  together  then  the  firft  time 
wee  came  to  them :  and  having  feates  provided  for  us 
by  themfelves,  and  being  fate  downe  a  while,  wee  be- 
gan againe  with  prayer  in  the  Englifti  tongue ;  our 
beginning  this  time  was  with  the  younger  fort  of  In- 
dian children  in  Catechizing  of  them,  which  being  the 
firft  time  of  inftru<fting  them,  we  thought  meet  to  aike 
them  but  only  three  queftions  in  their  own  language, 
that  we  might  not  clog  their  mindes  or  memories  with 
too  much  at  firft,  the  queftions  (afked  and  anfwered  in 
the  Indian  tongue)  were  thefe  three,  i.  ^«.  Who  made 
you   and  all  the  world  ?     Anjw  God.     2.  ^«  Who 

doe 


1  • 


( 


lO 


) 


\( 


1 


doe  you  looke  fhould  (ave  you  and  redeeme  you  from 
Sinne  and  hell  ?  Anfw.  Jefus  Chrift.  3  ^«.  How 
many  commandments  hath  God  given  you  to  keepe  ? 
Anfw.  Ten.  Thefe  queftions  being  propounded  to 
the  Children  feverally,  and  one  by  one,  and  the 
anfwers  being  fhort  and  eafie,  hence  it  came  to  pafle 
that  before  wee  went  thorow  all,  thofe  who  were 
laft  catechifed  had  more  readily  learned  to  anfwer  to 
them,  by  hearing  the  fame  queftion  fo  oft  propounded 
and  anfwered  before  by  their  fellowes ;  and  the  other 
Indians  who  were  growne  up  to  more  yeares  had  per- 
fectly learned  them,  whom  wee  therefore  defired  to 
teach  their  children  againe  when  wee  were  abfent,  that 
fo  when  we  came  againe  wee  might  fee  their  profiting, 
the  better  to  encourage  them  hereunto,  wee  therefore 
gave  fomething  to  every  childe. 

This  Catechifme  being  foon  ended,  hee  that  preach- 
ed to  them,  began  thus  (fpeaking  to  them  in  their 
owne  language)  viz.  Wee  are  come  to  bring  you  good 
newes  from  the  great  God  Almighty  maker  of  Heaven  and 
Earthy  and  to  tell  you  how  evill  and  wicked  men  may  come 
to  bee  good,  Jo  as  while  they  live  they  may  be  happy,  and 
when  they  die  they  may  go  to  God  and  live  in  Heaven, 
Having  made  this  preface,  he  began  firft  to  fet  forth 
God  unto  them  by  familiar  defcriptions,  in  his  glorious 
power,  goodnefle,  and  greatnefle,  and  then  fet  forth 
before  them  what  his  will  was,  and  what  hee  required 
of  all  men  even  of  the  Indians  themfelves,  in  the  ten 
Commandements,  and  then  told  them  the  dreadfull 
torment  and  puniihment  of  all  fuch  as  breake  any  one 
of  thofe  holy  commandements,  and  how  angry  God 
was  for  any  finne  and  tranfgreflion,  yet  notwithftand- 
ing  hee  had  fent  Jefus  Chrift  to  die  for  their  finnes 
and  to  pacific  God  by  his  fufferings  in  their  ftead  and 
roome,  if  they  did  repent  and  beleeve  the  Gofpell,  and 

that 


^^4 


( 


II 


) 


I 


that  he  would  love  the  poore  miferable  Indians  if  now 
they  fought  God  andbeleevedin  JefusChrift:  threatning 
the  fore  wrath  of  God  upon  all  fuch  as  flood  out  and 
negledled  fuch  great  falvation  which  now  God  offered 
unto  them,  by  thofe  who  fought  nothing  more  then 
their  falvation :  thus  continuing  to  preach  the  fpace  of 
an  houre,  we  defired  them  to  propound  fome  quef- 
tions :  which  were  thefe  following.  Before  I  name  them 
it  may  not  be  amiffe  to  take  not'ce  of  the  mighty 
power  of  the  word  which  vifibly  appeared  efpecially  in 
one  of  them,  who  in  hearing  thefe  things  about  finne 
and  hell,  and  Jefus  Chrifl,  powred  out  many  teares 
and  fhewed  much  afflidion  without  affedlation  of  be- 
ing feene,  defiring  rather  to  conceale  his  griefe  which 
(as  was  gathered  from  his  carriage)  the  Lord  forced 
from  him. 

The  firfl  Queftion  was  fuddenly  propounded  by  an  i  Q,ueft. 
old  man  then  prefent,  who  hearing  faith  and  repent- 
ance preacht  upon  them  to  finde  falvation  by  Jefus 
Chrifl,  hee  afked  wether  it  was  not  too  late  for  fuch  an 
old  man  as  hee,  who  was  neare  death  to  repent  or 
feek  after  God. 

This  Queflion  affedled  us  not  a  little  with  com-  Anjw. 
pafTion,  and  we  held  forth  to  him  the  Bible,  and  told 
him  what  God  faid  in  it  concerning  fuch  as  are  hired 
at  the  eleventh  houre  of  the  day  :  wee  told  him  alfo 
that  if  a  father  had  a  fonne  that  had  beene  difobedient 
many  yeares,  yet  if  at  lafl  that  fonne  fall  downe  upon 
his  knees  and  weepe  and  defire  his  father  to  love  him, 
his  father  is  fo  mercifull  that  hee  will  readily  forgive 
him  and  love  him  ;  fo  wee  faid  it  was  much  more  with 
God  who  is  a  more  mercifull  father  to  thofe  whom  hee 
hath  made,  then  any  father  can  bee  to  his  rebellious 
childe  whom  he  hath  begot,  if  they  fall  downe  and 
weepe,  and  pray,  repent,  and  defire   forgivenefTe   for 

C  Jefus 


(        12        ) 


Jefus  Chrift's  fake  :  and  wee  farther  added  that  looke 
as  if  a  father  did  call  after  his  childe  to  return  and 
repent  promifing  him  favour,  the  childe  might  then 
bee  fure  that  his  father  would  forgive  him  ;  fo  wee 
told  them  that  now  was  the  day  of  God  rifen  upon 
them,  and  that  now  the  Lord  was  calling  of  them  to 
repentance,  and  that  he  had  fent  us  for  that  end  to 
preach  repentance  for  the  remiflion  of  fins,  and  that 
therefore  they  might  bee  fure  to  finde  favour  though 
they  had  Lived  many  years  in  finne,  and  that  therefore 
if  now  they  did  repent  it  was  not  too  late  as  the  old 
man  feared,  but  if  they  did  not  come  when  they  were 
thus  called,  God  would  bee  greatly  angry  with  them, 
efpecially  confidering  that  now  they  muft  finne  againft 
knowledge,  whereas  before  we  came  to  them  they 
knew  not  any  thing  of  God  at  all. 
2  Q,ueji,  Having  fpent  much  time  in  clearing  up  the  firft 
queftion,  the  next  they  propounded  (upon  our  anfwer) 
was  this,  w'z,  How  came  the  Englifli  to  differ  fo  much 
from  the  Indians  in  the  knowledge  of  God  and  Jefus 
Chrifl:,  feeing  they  had  all  at  firft  but  one  father  ? 

Wee  confefl*ed  that  it  was  true  that  at  firft  wee  had 
all  but  one  father,  but  after  that  our  firft  father  fell, 
hee  had  divers  children  fome  were  bad  and  fome  good, 
thofe  that  were  bad  would  not  take  his  counfell  but 
departed  from  him  and  from  God,  and  thofe  God  left 
alone  in  finne  and  ignorance,  but  others  did  regard 
him  and  the  counfell  of  God  by  him,  and  thofe  knew 
God,  and  fo  the  difference  arofe  at  firft,  that  fome  to- 
gether with  their  pofterity  knew  God,  and  others  did 
not ;  and  fo  we  told  them  it  was  at  this  day,  for  like 
as  if  an  old  man  an  aged  father  amongft  them  have 
many  children,  if  fome  bee  rebellious  againft  the 
counfell  of  the  father,  he  fhuts  them  out  of  doores, 
and  lets  them   goe,   and  regard  them  not,  unlefs  they 

return 


An/w. 


\ 


r 


w 


(      '3      ) 

return  and  repent,  but  others  that  will  bee  ruled  by 
him,  they  learne  by  him  and  come  to  know  his  minde; 
fo  wee  faid  Englifhmen  feek  God,  dwell  in  his  houfe, 
heare  his  word,  pray  to  God,  inftrud  their  children 
out  of  Gods  booke,  hence  they  come  to  know  God ; 
but  Indians  forefathers  were  a  ftubborne  and  rebel- 
lious children,  and  would  not  heare  the  word,  did  not 
care  to  pray  nor  to  teach  their  children,  and  hence  In- 
dians that  now  are,  do  not  know  God  at  all :  and  fo 
muft  continue  unlefs  they  repent,  and  return  to  God 
and  pray,  and  teach  their  children  what  they  now  may 
learne  :  but  withall  wee  told  them  that  many  Englifh- 
men did  not  know  God  but  were  like  to  Kitchamakins 
drunken  Indians;  Nor  were  wee  willing  to  tell  them 
the  Story  of  the  fcattering  of  Noahs  children  fince  the 
flood,  and  thereby  to  (hew  them  how  the  Indians 
come  to  bee  fo  ignorant,  becaufe  it  was  too  difficult, 
and  the  hiflory  of  the  Bible  is  referved  for  them  (if 
God  wi  1)  to  be  opened  at  a  more  convenient  feafon  in 
their  owne  tongue. 

Their  third   Queflion  was.    How  may  wee  come  to  3  ^eft, 
ferve  God. 

Wee  afked  him  that  did  propound  it  whether  he  did  Jn/w. 
defire  indeed  to  ferve  him  ?  and  he  faid,  yes,  Here- 
upon wee  faid,  firft,  they  mufl  lament  their  blindneffe 
and  finfulneffe  that  they  cannot  ferve  him  ;  and  their 
ignorance  of  God's  booke  (which  wee  pointed  to) 
which  direds  how  to  ferve  him.  Secondly,  that  they 
could  not  ferve  God  but  by  feeking  forgivenefTe  of 
their  finnes  and  power  againfl  their  finnes  in  the  bloud 
of  Jefus  Chrifl  who  was  preached  to  them.  Thirdly, 
that  looke  as  an  Indian  childe,  if  he  would  ferve  his 
father,  hee  mufl  firfl  know  his  fathers  will  and  love 
his  father  too,  or  elfe  he  can  never  ferve  him,  but  if 
hee  did  know  his  fathers  will   and   love  him,  then  he 

would 


4  ^^fi- 
An/to. 


A  Berry  which 
is  ripe  in  the 
Winter  and 
very  fowre 
they  are  called 
here  Bear- 
berries. 


5  Q'i'J^' 


Anfm. 


{    14    ) 

would  ferve  him,  and' then  if  he  Ihould  not  doe  fome 
things  as  his  father  commands  him,  and  yet  afterwards 
grieve  for  it  upon  his  knees  before  his  father,  his 
father  would  pity  and  accept  him  :  fo  wee  told  them 
it  was  with  God,  they  muft  labour  to  know  his  will 
and  love  God,  and  then  they  will  bee  willing  to,  ferve 
him,  and  if  they  fhould  then  fin,  yet  grieving  for  it 
before  God  he  would  pity  and  accept  them. 

Their  fourth  Queftion  was.  How  it  comes  to  pafl^e 
that  the  Sea  water  was  fait,  and  the  Land  water  frefti. 

'Tis  fo  from  the  wonderfull  worke  of  God,  as  why 
are  Strawberries  fweet  and  Cranberries  fowre  there  is  no 
reafon  but  the  wonderfull  worke  of  God  that  made 
them  fo :  our  ftudy  was  chiefly  to  make  them  acknow- 
ledge God  in  his  workes,  yet  wee  gave  them  alfo  the 
reaJon  of  it  from  naturall  caufes  which  they  lefl!e  un- 
derftood,  yet  did  underftand  fomewhat  appearing  by 
thoir  ufuall  fignes  of  approving  what  they  under- 
ftand. 

Their  fifth  Queftion  was,  that  if  the  water  was 
higher  than  the  earth,  how  comes  it  to  pafl!e  that  it 
doth  not  overflow  all  the  earth  ? 

Wee  ftill  held  God  before  them,  and  ftiewed  that 
this  muft  needes  bee  the  wonderfull  worke  of  God, 
and  wee  tooke  an  apple  and  thereby  ftiewed  them  how 
the  earth  and  water  made  one  round  globe  like  that 
apple ;  and  how  the  Sun  moved  about  it ;  and  then 
fhewed  them  how  God  made  a  great  hole  or  ditch, 
into  which  hee  put  the  waters  of  the  Sea,  fo  that  though 
it  was  upon  the  earth  and  therefore  above  the  earth, 
yet  we  told  them^  that  by  making  fo  deepe  a  hole 
the  waters  were  kept  within  compaflle  that  they  could 
not  overflow,  juft  as  if  Indians  making  a  hole  to  put 
in  much  water,  the  water  cannot  overflow  nor  runne 
abroad,  which  they  would  if  they  had  no  fuch  hole ; 

fo 


I 
I 


t 


I 


I 


(     15     ) 

fo  it  was  with  God,  it  was  his  mighty  power  that  digged 
a  hole  for  all  Sea-waters,  as  a  deepe  ditch,  and  there 
by  God  kept  them  in  from  overflowing  the  whole 
earth,  which  otherwife  would  quickly  drowne  all. 

They  having  fpent  much  conference  amongft  them-  6  Q^ueft. 
felves  about  thefe  Queftions  and  the  night  haftening, 
we  defired  them  to  propound  fome  other  Queftions, 
or  if  not,  we  would  afke  them  fome,  hereupon  one  of 
them  afked  us  ;  If  a  man  hath  committed  adultery  or 
ftolen  any  goods,  and  the  Sachim  doth  not  puniih 
him,  nor  by  any  law  is  hee  punifhed,  if  alfo  he  reftore 
the  goods  he  hath  ftolen,  what  then  ?  whether  is  not 
all  well  now  ?  meaning  that  if  Gods  Law  was  broken 
and  no  man  puniftied  him  for  it,  that  then  no  punifli- 
ment  fhould  come  from  God  for  it,  and  as  if  by  re- 
ftoring  againe  an  amends  was  made  to  God. 

Although  man  be  not  offended  for  fuch  finnes  yttAn/w. 
God  is  angry,  and  his  anger  burnes  like  fire  againft  all 
finners  i  and  here  wee  fet  out  the  holinelTe  and  terrour 
of  God  in  refpeft  of  the  leaft  finne  ;  yet  if  fuch  a  finner 
with  whom  God  is  angry  fly  to  Jefus  Chrift,  and  re- 
pent and  feeke  for  mercy  and  pardon  for  Chrift's  fake, 
that  then  God  will  forgive  and  pity.  Upon  the  hear- 
ing of  which  anfwer  hee  that  propounded  the  queftion 
drew  fomewhat  backe  and  hung  downe  his  head  as  a 
man  fmitten  to  the  very  hearty  with  his  eyes  ready  to 
drop,  and  within  a  little  while  after  brake  out  into  a 
complaint.  Mee  little  know  Jefus  Chrift,  otherwife  he 
thought  he  ftiould  feeke  him  better :  we  therefore  told 
him,  that  looke  as  it  was  in  the  morning  at  firft  there  is 
but  a  little  light,  then  there  is  more  light,  then  there  is 
day,  then  the  Sun  is  up,  then  the  Sun  warmes  and 
heates,  &c.  fo  it  was  true  they  knew  but  little  of  Jefus 
Chrift  now,  but  wee  had  more  to  tell  them  concerning 

him 


f 


(     i6     ) 

him  hereafter,  and  after  that  more  and  after  that  more, 
untill  at  laft  they  may  come  to  know  Chrift  as  the 
Englifh  doe  ;  and  wee  taught  them  but  little  at  a  time, 
becaufe  the  could  not  underftand  but  little,  and  if  they 
prayed  to  God  to  teach  them,  he  would  fend  his  Spirit 
and  teach  them  more,  they  and  their  fathers  had  lived 
in  ignorance  untill  now,  it  hath  beene  a  long  night 
wherein  they  have  flept  and  have  not  regarded  God, 
but  now  the  day-light  began  to  ftirre  upon  them,  they 
might  hope  therefore  for  more  ere  long,  to  bee  made 
knowne  to  them. 

Thus  having  fpent  fome  houres  with  them,  wee 
propounded  two  Queftions. 

1  ^ift'      What  do   you  remember  of  what  was  taught  you 

fince  the  laft  time  wee  were  here  ? 
Anjw.         After  they  had  fpoken  one  to  another  for  fome  time, 
one  of  them  returned  this  anfwer,   that  they  did  much 
thanke  God  for  our  comming,  and  for  what  they  heard, 
they  were  wonderfull  things  unto  them. 

2  Q^ueji.      Doe  you  beleeve  the  things  that  are  told  you,    vix 

that  God  is  mufquantum^  i,  e.  very  angry  for  the  leaft 
finne  in  your  thoughts,  or  words  or  workes  ? 

They  faid  yes,  and  hereupon  we  fet  forth  the  ter- 
rour  of  God  againft  finners,  and  mercy  of  God  to  the 
penitent,  and  to  fuch  as  fought  to  know  Jefus  Chrift, 
and  that  as  finners  ftiould  bee  after  death,  Chechainuppany 
i.  e.  tormented  alive  (for  wee  know  no  other  word  in 
the  tongue  to  exprefle  extreame  torture  by)  fo  beleevers 
ftiould  after  death  Wowein  wicke  Jehovah^  i,  e.  live  in 
all  blifle  with  Jehovah  the  blefled  God :  and  fo  we 
concluded  conference. 

Having  thus  fpent  the  whole  afternoon  and  night 
being  almoft  come  upon  us ;  confidering  that  the  In- 
dians formerly  defired  to  know  how  to  pray,  and  did 
thinke  that  Jefus  Chrift  did   not  underftand   Indian 

language, 


An/to. 


■f 


(  17  ) 

language,  one  of  us  therefore  prepared  to  pray  in  their 
owne  language,  and  did  fo  for  about  a  quarter  of  an 
houre  together,  wherein  divers  of  them  held  up  eies 
and  hands  to  heaven ;  all  of  them  (as  wee  underftood 
afterwards)  underftanding  the  fame ;  but  one  of  them 
I  caft  my  eye  upon,  was  hanging  downe  his  head  with 
his  rag  before  his  eyes  weeping;  at  firft  I  feared  it  was 
fome  forenefs  of  his  eyes,  but  lifting  up  his  head 
againe,  having  wiped  his  eyes  (as  not  defirous  to  be 
feene)  I  eafily  perceived  that  his  eyes  were  not  fore, 
yet  fomewhat  red  with  crying ;  and  fo  held  up  his 
head  for  a  while,  yet  fuch  was  the  prefence  and  mighty 
power  of  the  Lord  Jefus  on  his  heart  that  hee  hung 
downe  his  head  againe,  and  covered  his  eyes  againe 
and  fo  fell  wiping  and  wiping  of  them  weeping  abund- 
antly, continuing  thus  till  prayer  was  ended,  after 
which  hee  prefently  turnes  from  us,  and  turnes  his  face 
to  a  fide  and  corner  of  the  Wigwam,  and  there  fals  a 
weeping  more  aboundantly  by  himfelfe,  which  one  of 
us  perceiving,  went  to  him,  and  fpake  to  him  encour- 
aging words ;  at  the  hearing  of  which  hee  fell  a  weep- 
ing more  and  more ;  fo  leaveing  of  him,  he  who  fpake 
to  him  came  unto  mee  (being  newly  gone  out  of  the 
Wigwam)  and  told  mee  of  his  teares,  fo  we  refolved  to 
goe  againe  both  of  us  to  him,  and  fpeake  to  him  againe, 
and  wee  met  him  comming  out  of  the  Wigwam,  and 
there  wee  fpake  again  to  him,  and  he  there  fell  into  a 
more  aboundant  renewed  weeping,  like  one  deeply 
and  inwardly  afFefted  indeed  which  forced  us  alfo  to 
fuch  bowels  of  compaflion  that  wee  could  not  forbeare 
weeping  over  him  alfo  :  and  fo  wee  parted  greatly  re- 
joy  cing  for  fuch  forrowing. 

Thus  I  have  as  faithfully  as  I  could  remember  given 
you  a  true  account  of  our  beginnings  with  the  Indians 
within  our  owne  bounds;  which  cannot  but  bee  matter 

of 


(     i8     ) 

of  more  ferious  thoughts  what  further  to  doe  with 
thefe  poore  Natives  the  dregs  of  mankinde  and  the 
faddeft  fpedacles  of  mifery  of  meere  men  upon  earth : 
wee  did  thinke  to  forbeare  going  to  them  this  winter, 
but  this  laft  dayes  worke  wherein  God  fet  his  feal 
from  heaven  of  acceptance  of  our  little,  makes  thofe 
of  us  who  are  able,  to  refolve  to  adventure  thorow 
froft  and  fnow,  left  the  fire  go  out  of  their  hearts  for 
want  of  a  little  more  fewell :  to  which  wee  are  the 
more  incouraged,  in  that  the  next  day  after  our  being 
with  them,  one  of  the  Indians  came  to  his  houfe  who 
preacht  to  them  to  fpeake  with  him,  who  in  private 
conference  wept  exceedingly,  and  faid  that  all  that 
night  the  Indians  could  not  fleepe,  partly  with  trouble 
of  mind,  and  partly  with  wondring  at  the  things  they 
heard  preacht  amongft  them  :  another  Indian  comming 
alfo  to  him  the  next  day  after,  told  him  how  many  of 
tho  wicked  fort  of  Indians  began  to  oppofe  thefe  be- 
ginnings. 

Whence  thefe  Indians  came  here  to  inhabit  is  not 
certaine,  his  reafons  are  moft  probable  who  thinke 
they  are  Tartars  pafling  out  of  Afia  into  America  by 
by  the  Straits  of  Anian,  who  being  fpilt  by  fome  re- 
venging hand  of  God  upon  this  continent  like  water 
upon  the  ground  are  fpread  as  farre  as  thefe  Atlanticke 
fhores,  there  being  but  few  of  them  in  thefe  parts  in 
comparifon  of  thofe  which  are  more  contiguous  to  the 
Anian  Straits,  if  wee  may  credit  fome  Hiftorians  herein: 
what  ever  thefe  conjectures  and  uncertainties  bee,  cer- 
taine it  is  that  they  are  inheritors  of  a  grievous  and 
fearfull  curfe  living  fo  long  without  Ephod  or  Tera- 
phim,  and  in  neareft  alliance  to  the  wilde  beafts  that 
perifti ;  and  as  God  delights  to  convey  bleflings  of 
mercy  to  the  pofterity  of  fome,  in  refped:  to  his  pro- 
mife  to  their  fathers,   fo  are  curfes  entailed  and  come 

by 


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(     »9     ) 

by  naturall  defcent  unto  others,  for  fome  great  finnes 
of  their  Anceftors,  as  no  doubt  it  is  in  refped  of  thefe. 
For  notwithftanding  the  deepeft  degeneracies  are  no 
ftop  to  the  overflowing  grace  and  bloud  of  Chrift, 
when  the  time  of  Ic*  (hall  come,  no  not  to  thefe 
poore  outcafts,  the  utmoft  ends  of  the  earth  being  ap- 
pointed to  bee  in  time,  the  Sonne  of  Gods  poflefllon. 
Wee  are  upbraided  by  fome  of  our  Countrymen 
that  fo  little  good  is  done  by  our  profefling  planters 
upon  the  hearts  of  Natives ;  fuch  men  have  furely 
more  fplene  than  judgment,  and  know  not  the  vaft 
diftance  of  Natives  from  common  civility,  almoft  hu- 
manity it  felfe,  and  'tis  as  if  they  fhould  reproach  us 
for  not  making  the  windes  to  blow  when  wee  lift  our 
felves,  it  muft  certainely  be  a  fpirit  of  life  from  God 
(not  in  mans  power)  which  muft  put  flefti  and  finewes 
unto  thefe  dry  bones  ;  if  wee  would  force  them  to  bap- 
tifme  (as  the  Spaniards  do  about  Cufco,  Peru,  and 
Mexico,  having  learnt  them  a  fhort  anfwer  or  two  to 
fome  Popilh  queftions)  or  if  we  would  hire  them  to 
it  by  giving  them  coates  and  fhirts,  to  allure  them  to 
it  (as  fome  others  have  done,)  wee  could  have  gathered 
many  hundreds,  yea  thoufands  it  may  bee  by  this  time, 
into  the  name  of  Churches  ;  but  wee  have  not  learnt 
as  yet  that  art  of  coyning  Chriftians,  or  putting 
Chrifts  name  and  Image  upon  copper  mettle.  Al- 
though I  thinke  we  have  much  caufe  to  bee  humbled 
that  wee  have  not  endeavoured  more  than  wee  have 
done  their  converfion  and  peace  with  God,  who  enjoy 
the  mercy  and  peace  of  God  in  their  land.  Three 
things  have  made  us  thinke  (as  they  once  did  of 
building  the  Temple)  it  is  not  yet  time  for  God  to 
worke,  i  Becaufe  till  the  Jewes  come  in,  there  is  a 
feale  fet  upon  the  hearts  of  thofe  people,  as  they 
thinke  from  fome  Apocalypticall  places.     2  That  as 

D  in 


(        20       ) 

in  nature  there  is  no  progrefles  ab  extreme  ad  extremum 
nift  per  media,  fo  in  religion  fuch  are  fo  extremely  de- 
generate, muft  bee  brought  to  fome  civility  before  re- 
ligion can  profper,  or  the  word  take  place.  3  Becaufe 
we  want  miraculous  and  extraordinary  gifts  without 
which  no  converfion  can  bee  expedted  amongft  thefe ; 
but  me  thinkes  now  that  it  is  with  the  Indians  as  it 
was  with  our  New-Englifh  ground  when  we  firft  came 
over,  there  was  fcarce  any  man  that  could  beleeve  that 
Englifh  graine  would  grow,  or  that  the  Plow  could 
doe  any  good  in  this  woody  and  rocky  foile.  And 
thus  they  continued  in  this  fupine  unbeliefe  for  fome 
years,  till  experience  taught  them  otherwife,  and  all 
fee  It  to  bee  fcarce  inferiour  to  Old-Englifh  tillage, 
but  beares  very  good  burdens  :  fo  wee  have  thought 
of  our  Indian  people,  and  therefore  have  been  dis- 
couraged to  put  plow  to  fuch  dry  and  rocky  ground, 
but  God  having  begun  thus  with  fome  few  it  may  bee 
they  are  better  foile  for  the  Gofpel  than  wee  can 
thinke :  I  confefle  I  think  no  great  good  will  bee  done 
till  they  bee  more  civilifed,  but  why  may  not  God  be- 
gin with  fome  few,  to  awaken  others  by  degrees  ?  nor 
doe  I  expedt  any  great  good  will  bee  wrought  by  the 
Engliih  (leaving  fecrets  to  God)  (although  the  Englifti 
fhall  furely  begin  and  lay  the  firft  ftones  of  Chrifts  King- 
dome  and  Temple  amongft  them)  becaufe  God  is  wont 
ordinarily  to  convert  Nations,  and  peoples  by  fome  of 
their  owne  country  men  who  are  neareft  to  them,  and 
can  beft  fpeake,  and  moft  of  all  pity  their  brethren  and 
countrimen,  but  yet  if  the  leaft  beginnings  be  made  by 
the  converfion  of  two  or  three,  its  worth  all  our  time 
and  travailes,  and  caufe  of  much  thankfulnefle  for  fuch 
feedes,  although  no  great  harvefts  fhould  immediately 
appeare  ;  furely  this  is  evident,  firft  that  they  never 
heard  heart-breaking  prayer  and  preaching  before  now 

in 


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) 


Si 


in  there  owne  tongue,  that  we  know  of,  fecondly,  that 
there  were  never  fuch  hope  of  a  dawning  of  mercy 
toward  them  as  now,  certainly  thofe  abundant  teares 
which  we  faw  Ihed  from  their  eies,  argue  a  mighty  and 
blefled  prefence  of  the  fpiritof  Heaven  in  their  hearts, 
which  when  once  it  comes  into  fuch  kinde  of  fpirits 
will  not  eafily  out  againe. 

The  chiefe  ufe  that  I  can  make  of  thefe  hopeful! 
beginnings,  befides  rejoycing  for  fuch  (hinings,  is  from 
Eq/y  1.  5.  Oh  houje  of  Ifrael,  let  us  walke  in  the  light  of 
the  Lord ;  Confidering  that  thefe  blinde  Natives  be- 
ginne  to  look  towards  God  mountaine  now 

The  obfervations  I  have  gathered  by  converfing 
with  them  are  fuch  as  thefe. 

That  none  of  them  llept  Sermon  or  derided  Gods 
meffenger :  Woe  unto  thofe  Englifh  that  are  growne 
bold  to  doe  that,  which  Indians  ^''ill  not.  Heathens 
dare  not. 

That  there  is  need  of  learning  in  Minifters  who 
preach  to  Indians,  much  more  to  Englifh  men  and 
gracious  Chriftians,  for  thefe  had  fundry  philofophicall 
queftions,  which  fome  knowledge  of  the  arts  muft 
helpe  to  give  anfwer  to  ;  and  without  which  thefe  would 
not  have  beene  fatisfied  :  worfe  then  Indian  ignorance 
hath  blinded  their  eies  that  renounce  learning  as  an 
enemy  to  Gofpell  Minifteries. 

That  there  is  no  neceflity  of  extraordinary  gifts  nor 
miraculous  fignes  alway  to  convert  Heathens,  who  being 
manifeft  and  profeffed  unbeleevers  may  exped  them  as 
foone  as  any ;  (fignes  being  given  for  them  that  be- 
leeve  not  i  Cor.  14.  22.)  much  lefTe  is  there  any  need 
of  fuch  gifts  for  gathering  Churches  amongft  profef- 
fing  Chriftians,  (fignes  not  being  given  for  them  which 
beleeve,)  for  wee  fee  the  Spirit  of  God  working 
mightily  upon  the  hearts  of  thefe  Natives  in  an  or- 
dinary 


(       22       ) 

dinary  way,  and  I  hope  will ;  they  being  but  a  rem- 
nant, the  Lord  ufing  to  (hew  mercy  to  the  remnant ; 
for  there  bee  but  few  that  are  left  alive  from  the 
Plague  and  Pox,  which  God  fent  into  thofe  parts,  and 
if  one  or  two  can  underftand  they  ufually  talke  of  it 
as  wee  doe  of  newes,  it  flies  fuddainely  farre  and 
neare,  and  truth  fcattered  will  rife  in  time,  for  ought 
we  know. 

IfEnglifh  men  begin  to  defpife  the  preaching  of 
faith  and  repentance,  and  humiliation  for  finne,  yet 
the  poore  Heathens  will  bee  glad  of  it,  and  it  fhall 
doe  good  to  them,  for  fo  they  are,  and  foe  it  begins  to 
doe  ;  the  Lord  grant  that  the  foundation  of  our  Eng- 
lifh  woe,  be  not  laid  in  the  ruine  and  contempt  of 
thofe  fundamentall  do6trines  of  faith,  repentance,  hu- 
miliation for  fin,  &c.  but  rather  relifhing  the  novelties 
and  dreames  of  fuch  men  as  are  furfetted  with  the  or- 
dinary food  of  the  Gofpell  of  Chriit.  Indians  fhall 
weepe  to  heare  faith  and  repentance  preached,  when 
Englilh  men  fhall  mourne,  too  late,  that  are  weary  of 
fuch  truths. 

That  the  deepeft  eflrangements  of  man  from  God  is 
no  hindrance  to  his  grace  nor    to  the  Spirit  of  grace, 
for  what  Nation  or  people  ever  fo  deeply  degenerated 
fince  Adams  fall  as  thefe  Indians,  and  yet  the  Spirit  of 
God  is  working  upon  them  ? 

That  it  is  very  likely  if  ever  the  Lord  convert  any 
of  thefe  Natives,  that  they  will  mourne  for  fin  exceed- 
ingly, and  confequently  love  Chrifl  dearely,  for  if  by 
a  little  meafure  of  light  fuch  heart-breakings  have  ap- 
peared, what  may  wee  thinke  will  bee,  when  more  is 
let  in  ?  they  are  fome  of  them  very  wicked,  fome  very 
ingenious,  thefe  latter  are  very  apt  and  quick  of  un- 
derflanding  and  naturally  fad  and  melancholly  (a  good 
fervant   to    repentance,)    and    therefore    there   is   the 

greater 


{        23        ) 

greater  hope  of  great  heart-ftreakings,  if  ever  God 
brings  them  efFedually  home,  for  which  we  (hould  af- 
fedtionately  pray. 


A  third  meeting  with  the  Indians. 

November  26.  I  could  not  goe  my  felfe,  but 
heard  from  thofe  who  went  of  a  third  meeting  ; 
the  Indians  having  built  more  Wigwams  in  the  wonted 
place  of  meeting  to  attend  upon  the  Word  the  more 
readily.  The  preacher  underftanding  how  many  of 
the  Indians  difcouraged  their  fellows  in  this  worke, 
and  threatning  death  to  fome  if  they  heard  any  more, 
fpake  therefore  unto  them,  about  temptation  of  the 
Devill,  how  hee  tempted  to  all  manner  of  finne,  and 
how  the  evill  heart  clofed  with  them,  and  how  a  good 
heart  abhorred  them;  the  Indians  were  this  day  more 
ferious  than  ever  before,  and  propounded  divers 
queftions  againe;  as  i.  Becaufe  fome  Indians  fay  that 
we  muft  pray  to  the  Devill  for  all  good,  and  fome  to 
God  ;  they  would  know  whether  they  might  pray  to  the 
Devill  or  no.  2  They  faid  they  heard  the  word  humilia- 
tion oft  ufed  in  our  Churches,  and  they  would  know 
what  that  meant  ?  3  Why  the  Englifh  call  them  In- 
dians, becaufe  before  they  came  they  had  another 
name  ?  4  What  a  Spirit  is  ?  5  Whether  they  fhould 
beleeve  Dreames  ?  6  How  the  Englifh  come  to  know 
God  fo  much  and  they  fo  little?  To  all  which  they 
had  fit  anfwers ;  but  being  not  prefent  I  (hall  not  fet 
them  downe  :  onely  their  great  defire  this  time  was  to 
have  a  place  for  a  Towne  and  to  learn  to  fpinne. 

Sir,  I  did  thinke  I  (hould  have  writ  no  more  to  you 
concerning  the  Indians;  but  the  Ship  lingers  in  the 
Harbour,  and  the  Lord  Jefus  will  have  you  fee  more 

of 


(       2+       ) 

of  his  conquefts  and  triumphes  among  thefe  forlorne 
and  degenerate  people,  furely  hee  heares  the  prayers 
of  the  deftitute  and  that  have  long  lien  downe  in  the 
duft  before  God  for  thefe  poore  prifoners  of  the  pit : 
furely  fome  of  thefe  American  tongues  and  knees  muft 
confefle  him,  and  bow  downe  before  him  :  for  the 
Saturday  night  after  this  third  meeting  (as  I  am  in- 
formed from  that  man  of  God  who  then  preached 
The  name  of  *°  them)  there  came  to  his  houfe  one  Wampas  a  wife 
an  Indian.  and  fage  Indian,  as  a  meflenger  fent  to  him  from  the 
reft  of  the  company,  to  offer  unto  him  his  owne  fonne 
and  three  more  Indian  children  to  bee  trained  up 
among  the  Englifh,  one  of  the  children  was  nine 
yeares  old,  another  eight,  another  five,  another  foure : 
and  being  demanded  why  they  would  have  them 
brought  up  among  the  Englifh,  his  anfwer  was,  be- 
caufe  they  would  grow  rude  and  wicked  at  home,  and 
would  never  come  to  know  God,  which  they  hoped 
they  fhould  doe  if  they  were  conftantly  among  the 
Englifh. 

This  Wampas  came  alfo  accompanied  with  two  more 
Indians,  young  lufty  men,  who  offered  themfelves 
voluntarily  to  the  fervice  of  the  Englifh  that  by  dwell- 
ing in  fome  of  their  families,  they  might  come  to  know 
Jefus  Chrift ;  thefe  are  two  of  thofe  three  men  whom 
wee  faw  weeping,  and  whofe  hearts  were  fmitten  at  our 
fecond  meeting  above  mentioned,  and  continue  ftill 
much  afFefted,  and  gave  great  hopes ;  thefe  two  are 
accepted  of  and  received  into  two  of  the  Elders  houfes, 
but  the  children  are  not  yet  placed  out  becaufe  it  is 
moft  meet  to  doe  nothing  that  way  too  fuddainly,  but 
they  have  a  promife  of  acceptance  and  education  of 
them  either  in  learning  or  in  fome  other  trade  of  life 
in  time  convenient,  to  which  Wampas  replyed  that  the 
Indians  deiired  nothing  more. 

Thefe 


(      25       ) 

Thefe  two  young  men  who  are  thus  difpofed  of, 
being  at  an  Elders  houfe  upon  the  Sabbath  day  night, 
upon  fome  conference  with  them,  one  of  them  began 
to  confefle  how  wickedly  he  had  lived,  and  with  how 
many  Indian  women  hee  had  committed  filthinefle,  and 
therefore  profefled  that  hee  thought  God  would  never 
look  upon  him  in  love.  To  which  hee  had  this  an- 
fwer,  that  indeed  that  finne  of  whoredome  wps  exceed- 
ing great,  yet  if  hee  fought  God  for  Chrifts  fake  to 
pardon  him,  and  confeffe  his  finne  and  repented  of  it 
indeed,  that  the  Lord  would  fhew  him  mercy ;  and 
hereupon  acquainted  him  with  the  ftory  of  Chrifts 
conference  with  the  Samaritan  woman,  John  4.  and 
how  Jefus  Chrift  forgave  her  although  ftiee  lived  in 
that  finne  of  filthinefle,  even  when  Chrift  began  to 
fpeake  to  her :  whereupon  he  fell  a  weeping  and  lament- 
ing bitterly,  and  the  other  young  man  being  prefent 
and  confeiiing  the  like  guiltinefl'e  with  his  fellow,  hee 
burft  out  alfo  into  a  great  mourning,  wherein  both  con- 
tinued for  above  halfe  an  houre  together  at  that  time 
alfo. 

It  is  wonderfuU  to  fee  what  a  little  leven  and  that 
fmall  muftardfeed  of  the  Gofpell  will  doe,  and  how 
truth  will  worke  when  the  fpirit  of  Chrift  hath  the  fet- 
ting  of  it  on,  even  upon  hearts  and  fpirits  moft  un- 
capable ;  for  the  laft  night  after  they  had  heard  the 
word  this  third  time,  there  was  an  Englifti  youth  of 
good  capacitie  who  lodged  in  Waaubons  Wigwam  that 
night  upon  fpeciall  occafion,  and  hee  aflured  us  that  the 
fame  night  Waaubon  inftrudled  all  his  company  out  of 
the  things  which  they  had  heard  that  day  from  the 
Preacher,  and  prayed  among  them,  and  awaking  often 
that  night  continually  fell  to  praying  and  fpeaking  to 
fome  or  other  of  the  things  hee  had  heard,  lb  that  this 
man  (being  a  man  of  gravitie  and  chiefe  prudence  and 

counfell 


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(  26  ) 

That  is  King,  counfell  among  them,  although  no  *  Sachem)  is  like  to 
be  a  meanes  of  great  good  to  the  reft  of  his  company 
unlefle  cowardice  or  witchery  put  an  end  (as  ufually 
they  have  done)  to  fuch  hopefull  beginnings. 

The  old  man  who  afkt  the  firft  queftion  the  fecond 
time  of  our  meting  {viz  whether  there  was  any  hope 
for  fuch  old  men  or  no)  hath  fix  fonnes,  one  of  his 
That  is  Sorce-  fonnes  was  a  Pawwaw,  and  his  wife  a  great  Pawwaw^ 
rers  and  ^nd  both  thefe  God  hath  convinced  of  their  wicked- 
nefle,  and  they  refolve  to  heare  the  word  and  feeke  to 
the  devill  no  more.  This,  the  two  Indians  who  are  come 
to  us  acquaint  us  with,  and  that  they  now  fay,  that 
Chepian,  i.  e.  the  devill  is  nought,  and  that  God  is  the 
author  onely  of  all  good  ast  hey  have  beene  taught.  Hee 
therefore  who  preacheth  to  the  Indians  defired  them 
to  tell  him  who  were  Pawwaws  when  hee  went  againe 
to  preach  amongft  them ;  and  upon  fpeciall  occafion 
this  Decemb.  4  being  called  of  God  to  another  place 
where  the  Indians  ufed  to  meet,  and  having  preacht 
among  them,  after  the  Sermon,  hee  that  was  the  Paw- 
waw of  that  company  was  difcovered  to  him,  to  whom 
he  addrefled  himfelfe  and  propounded  thefe  queftions, 
vis  I.  Whether  doe  you  thinke  that  God  or  Chepian 
is  the  author  of  all  good.?  he  anfwered,  God.  2.  If 
God  bee  the  author  of  all  good,  why  doe  you  pray  to 
Chepian  the  devill  ?  The  Pawwaw  perceiving  him  to 
propound  the  laft  queftion  with  a  fterne  countenance 
and  unaccuftomed  terrour,  hee  gave  him  no  anfwer,  but 
fpake  to  other  Indians  that  hee  did  never  hurt  any 
body  by  his  Paz.  oj awing y  and  could  not  bee  got  by  all 
the  meanes  and  turnings  of  queftions  that  might  bee, 
to  give  the  leaft  word  of  anfwer  againe  ;  but  a  little 
after  the  conference  was  ended,  hee  met  with  this 
Pawwaw  alone  and  fpake  more  lovingly  and  curteoufly 
to  him,  and  afkt  him  why  hee  would   not  anfwer,  he 

then 


(       27       ) 

then  told  him  that  his  laft  queftion  ftruck  a  terrour 
into  him  and  made  him  afraid,  and  promifed  that  at 
the  next  meeting  hee  would  propound  fome  queftions 
to  him  as  others  did. 

And  here  it  may  not  bee  amifle  to  take  notice  of 
what  thefe  two  Indians  have  difcovered  to  us  concern- 
ing thefe  Pawwaws :  for  they  were  afkt  how  they  came 
to  be  made  Pawwaws,  and  they  anfwered  thus,  that 
if  any  of  the  Indians  fall  into  any  ftrange  dreame  wherein 
Chepian  appears  unto  them  as  a  ferpent,  then  the  next 
day  they  tell  the  other  Indians  of  it,  and  for  two  dayes 
after  the  reft  of  the  Indians  dance  and  rdoyce  for  what 
they  tell  them  about  this  Serpent,  and  \o  they  become 
their  Pawwaws:  Being  further  aikt  what  doe  thefe 
Pawwaws,  and  what  ufe  are  they  of;  and  they  faid  the 
principall  imployment  is  to  cure  the  fick  by  certaine 
odde  geftures  and  beatings  of  themfelves,  and  then 
they  pull  out  the  ficknefle  by  applying  their  hands  to 
the  fick  perfon  and  fo  blow  it  away :  fo  that  their 
Pawwaws  are  great  witches  having  fellowlhip  with  the 
old  Serpent,  to  whom  they  pray,  and  by  whofe  meanes 
they  heale  ficke  perfons,  and  (as  they  faid  alfo)  will 
fliew  many  ftrange  juglings  to  the  wonderment  of  the 
Indians,  they  affirmed  alfo  that  if  they  did  not  cure 
the  fick  party  (as  very  often  they  did  not)  that  then 
they  were  reviled,  and  fometimes  killed  by  fome  of 
the  dead  mans  friends,  efpecially  if  they  could  not 
get  their  mony  againe  out  of  their  hands,  which  they 
receive  aforehand  for  their  cure. 

Wee  have  caufe  to  be  very  thankfuU  to  God  who 
hath  moved  the  hearts  of  the  generall  court  to  pur- 
chafe  fo  much  land  for  them  to  make  their  towne  in 
which   the  Indians  are  much  taken 
with  *  and  it  is  fomewhat  obfervable  *Z^'  towne  the  indiamdid 

1  .,         y         r^  r  J  dejtre  to  knoiu  ivnat  name  it 

that  while  the  Court  were  connder-  (houid  have,  and  ifwauoU 

£  ing 


(        28        ) 


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Mew  it  /bould  bee  called 
'^oona.tomtnytvhichjignifiet 
in  Engl'xjh  rejoycing,  hecaufe 
they  hearing  the  ivorJ,  and 
Jeeking  to  knoiv  God,  the 
Englifh  did  rejoyce  at  it, 
and  God  did  rejoyce  at  it, 
ivhich  pleafed  them  much, 
Gf  therefore  that  is  to  be  the 
name  of  their  toivn. 


ing  where  to  lay  out  their  towne,  the 
Indians  (not  knowing  of  any  thing) 
were    about    that    time    confulting 
about    Lawes   for   themfelves,    and 
there  company  who  fit  downe  with 
Waauhon ;  there  were  ten  of  them, 
two  of  them  are  forgotten. 
Their  Lawes  were  thefe 
I.  That  if  any  man  be  idle  a  weeke,  at  moft  a  fort- 
night, hee  fhall  pay  five  fliillings. 

2  If  any  unmarried  man  fhall  lie  with  a  young  wo- 
man unmarried,  he  fhall  pay  twenty  fhillings 

3.  If  any  man  fhall  beat  his  wife,  his  hands  fhall  bee 
tied  behind  him  and  carried  to  the  place  of  juftice  to 
bee  feverely  punifhed. 

4  Every  young  man  if  not  anothers  fervant,  and  if 
unmarried,  hee  fhall  be  compelled  to  fet  up  a  fVigwam 
and  plant  for  himfelfe,  and  not  live  fhifting  up  and 
downe  to  other  Wigwams. 

5  If  any  woman  fhall  not  have  her  haire  tied  up  but 
hang  loofe  or  be  cut  as  mens  haire,  fhe  fhall  pay  five 
fhillings. 

6  If  any  woman  fhall  goe  with  naked  breafls  they 
fhall  pay  two  fhillings  fixpence. 

7  All  thofe  men  that  weare  long  locks  fhall  pay  five 
fhillings. 

8  If  any  fhall  kill  their  lice  betweene  their  teeth, 
they  fhall  pay  five  fhillings.  This  Law  though  ridicu- 
lous to  Englifh  eares  yet  tends  to  preferve  cleanlinefs 
among  Indians. 

Tis  wonderfull  in  our  eyes  to  underfland  by  thefe 
two  honefl  Indians^  Vv  hat  Prayers  Waaubon  and  the  refl 
of  them  ufe  to  make,  for  hee  that  preacheth  to  them 
profefTeth  hee  never  yet  ufed  any  of  their  words  in  his 

prayers. 


(        29        ) 

prayers,   from  whom   otherwife   it  might   bee  thought 
that  they  had  learnt  them  by  rote,  one  is  this. 

Amanaomen  Jehovah  tahajfen  metagh. 

Take  away    Lord    my  Stony  heart. 
Another 

Cheehefom  Jehovah  kekowhogkew, 
Wafh       Lord       my  foule. 
Another 

Lord  lead  me  when  I  die  to  heaven. 
Thefe  are  but  a  tafte,  they  have  many  more,  and 
thefe  more  enlarged  then  thus  exprefTed,  yet  what  are 
thefe  but  the  fprinklings  of  the  fpirit  and  blood  of 
Chrift  Jefus  in  their  hearts  ?  and  'tis  no  fmall  matter 
that  fuch  dry  barren  and  long-accurfed  ground  (hould 
yeeld  fuch  kind  of  increafe  in  fo  fmall  a  time,  I  would 
not  readily  commend  a  faire  day  before  night,  nor 
promife  much  of  fuch  kind  of  beginnings,  in  all  per- 
fons,  nor  yet  in  all  of  thefe,  for  wee  know  the  profeflion 
of  very  many  is  but  a  meere  paint,  and  their  beft  graces 
nothing  but  meere  flafhes  and  pangs,  which  are  fuddainly 
kindled  and  as  foon  go  out  and  are  extindl  againe,  yet 
God  doth  not  ufually  fend  his  Plough  &  Seedfman 
to  a  place  but  there  is  at  lead  fome  little  peece  of  good 
ground,  although  three  to  one  bee  naught :  and  mee 
thinkes  the  Lord  Jefus  would  never  have  made  fo  fit 
a  key  for  their  locks,  unlefle  hee  had  intended  to  open 
fome  of  their  doores,  and  fo  to  make  way  for  his  com- 
ming  in.  Hee  that  God  hath  raifed  up  and  enabled 
to  preach  unto  them,  is  a  man  (you  know)  of  a  moft 
fweet,  humble,  loving,  gratious  and  enlarged  fpirit, 
whom  God  hath  bleft,  and  furely  will  ftill  delight  in  & 
do  good  by.  I  did  thinke  never  to  have  opened  my 
mouth  to  any,  to  defire  thofe  in  England  to  further 
any  good  worke  here,  but  now  I  fee  fo  many  things 
inviting  to  fpeake  in  this  bufinefle,  that  it  were  well  if 

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(    30    ) 

did  lay  before  thofe  that  are  prudent  and  able  thefe 
confiderations. 

1  That  it  is  prettie  heavy  and  chargeable  to  educate 
and  traine  up  thofe  children  which  are  already  offered 
us,  in  fchooling,  cloathing,  diet,  and  attendance,  which 
they  muft  have. 

2  That  in  all  probabilities  many  Indians  in  other 
places,  expecially  under  our  jurifdidion,  will  bee  pro- 
voked by  this  example  in  thefe,  both  to  defire  preach- 
ing, and  alfo  to  fend  their  children  to  us,  when  they 
fee  that  fome  of  their  fellows  fare  fo  well  among  the 
Englifli,  and  the  civill  authoritie  here  fo  much  favour- 
ing and  countenancing  of  thefe,  and  if  many  come  in, 
it  will  bee  more  heavy  to  fuch  as  onely  are  fit  to  keepe 
them,  and  yet  have  their  hands  and  knees  infeebled 
fo  many  wayes  befides. 

3  That  if  any  fhall  doe  any  thing  to  encourage  this 
worke,  that  it  may  be  given  to  the  Colledge  for  fuch 
an  end  and  ufe,  that  fo  from  the  Colledge  may  arife 
the  yeerly  revenue  for  their  yeerly  maintenance.  I 
would  not  have  it  placed  in  any  particular  mans 
hands  for  feare  coufenage  or  mifplacing  or  carelefle 
keeping  and  improving ;  but  at  the  Colledge  it  s  under 
many  hands  and  eyes  the  chief  and  beft  of  the  country 
who  have  ben  &  will  be  exadly  carefull  of  the  right 
and  comely  difpofing  of  fuch  things  ;  and  therefore,  if 
any  thing  bee  given,  let  it  be  put  in  fuch  hands  as 
may  immediately  diredt  it  to  the  Prefident  of  the  Col- 
ledge, who  you  know  will  foone  acquaint  the  reft  with 
it ;  and  for  this  end  if  any  in  England  have  thus  given 
any  thing  for  this  end^  I  would  have  them  fpeake  to 
thofe  who  have  received  it  lo  fend  it  this  vay,  which 
if  it  bee  withheld  I  thinke  'tis  no  lefle  than  facrilege : 
but  if  God  moves  no  hearts  to  fuch  a  work,  I  doubt 
not  then  but  that  more  weake  meanes  Ihall  have  the 
honour  of  it  in  the  day  of  Chrift. 


. 


(     31     ) 


I 


A  fourth  meeting  with  the  Indians, 

THis  day  being  Decemb^  9.  the  children  being  cate- 
chifed,  and  that  place  of  Ezekiel  touching  the 
dry  bones  being  opened,  and  applyed  to  their  condi- 
tion ;  the  Indians  offered  all  their  children  to  us  to  bee 
educated  amongft  us,  and  inftruded  by  us,  complain- 
ing to  us  that  they  were  not  able  to  give  any  thing  to 
the  Englifti  for  their  education  :  for  this  reafon  there 
are  therefore  preparations  made  towards  the  fchooling 
of  them,  and  fetting  up  a  Schoole  among  them  or  very 
neare  unto  them.  Sundry  queftions  alfo  were  pro- 
pounded by  them  to  us,  and  of  us  to  them  ;  one  of 
them  being  a(kt  what  is  finne  ?  hee  anfwered  a  noughty 
heart.  Another  old  man  complained  to  us  of  his 
feares,  viz,  that  hee  was  fully  purpofed  to  keepe  the 
Sabbath,  but  ftill  he  was  in  feare  whether  he  fhould  go 
to  hell  or  heaven ;  and  thereupon  the  juftification  of 
a  {inner  by  faith  in  Chrift  was  opened  unto  him  as  the 
remedy  againft  all  feares  of  hell.  Another  complayned 
of  other  Indians  that  did  revile  them,  and  call  them 
Rogues  and  fuch  like  fpeeches  for  cutting  off  their 
Locks,  and  for  cutting  their  Haire  in  a  modeft  manner 
as  the  New-Englifh  generally  doe ;  for  fince  the  word 
hath  begun  to  worke  upon  their  hearts,  they  have  dif- 
cerned  the  vanitie  and  pride  which  they  placed  in 
their  haire,  and  have  therefore  of  their  owne  accord 
(none  fpeaking  to  them  that  wee  know  of)  cut  it  mo- 
deftly ;  there  were  therefore  encouraged  by  fome  there 
prefent  of  chiefe  place  and  account  with  us,  not  to 
feare  the  reproaches  of  wicked  Indians,  nor  their  witch- 
craft and  Pawwaws  and  poyfonings,  but  let  them  know 
that  if  they  did  not  diflemble  but  would  feeke  God 
unfaignedly,  that  they  would  ftand  by  them,  and  that 

God 


' 


(       32       ) 

God  alfo  would  be  with  them.  They  told  us  alfo  of 
divers  Indians  who  would  come  and  ftay  with  them 
three  or  foure  dayes,  and  one  Sabbath,  and  then  they 
would  goe  from  them,  but  as  for  themfelves,  they  told 
us  they  were  fully  purpofed  to  keepe  the  Sabbath,  to 
which  wee  incouraged  them,  and  night  drawing  on 
were  forced  to  leave  them,  for  this  time. 


i» 


FINIS. 


